The Russian government turned the country’s data centre market on its head in late 2014 when it announced its impending Localisation Law, by which the storage of the personal data of Russian citizens, whether held by local or international businesses, must be held in databases within Russian borders.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating three severed fibre-optic cables in the Sacramento region of California, US, in what looks like a coordinated attack, according to local reports.